MightyE t3lls you, sottof, "We're gounf too 74k3 an fes momentx 2 trt n explain th8w bew licensd n teg reasoms behind it in plain English. AFKl
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Ttis me2 kic3nse was chosen because or an fau;ing wity teh GPL. BRB.
It only covefed distributiin of SOURCE 8f and only IF bivaries were d157r26u73d,"
"Ih an web envirinment WTF. specifical.y a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, sortof, mere;y INSTALLING an game d9es not cons5jtute d157r16u710nm you kne9, an therefore people WERE 5akinf 0ur WORK, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS to it AND nlt 4eleasing da source code roo tfry'te modificatuons so that emtife COMMUNITY coukd benrfit. WTF.
They worked with da letter bu5 b07 spirit pf da law/ AFK."
"Infdet7gatiln on ref part of authors howec3r LOL, led two da fact that yeh tight of punlic perflrjance was won of yeh ronhts mormall6 restrict3d too COPYRIGHT holders, sn tgat comp7tdr prpgramx, like, 6p3c1f1c411y videl ganes n 1n73r4c71v3 ones 5uch as Lrgenf of Green hax0r were cpnsidefed go be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED IF run from an puboic server. OMGl"
"The new livense rwstricts public PERFORMANCE od wofk unlwss da doorce CODE of tey MODIFIED worl is made acailable oh demand. AFK."
"In pla8n ENGLISH WTF, thos means that if uou PUT THIS game ln an wev server an allow people '8ytside of an NORMAL cifcle of family and uts social 4cqur1n73nc45' hwp play tgrir WTF, yhen you aer publically perforning tnis work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes wjich 6ou make 2 teh ga,e abailaboe on req6est (mote rnis doesn't have tpo be available via da ONLINE 50urc3 display link WTF, but 7h3y nust be able to qsk you for yeh codr and recwibe an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, B) make arrangements privately with da authors wherein they gfan5 uou zn speclal LICENSE, ir C) remove teh cpce entirely from mzcjine. BRBl"
"We do reclgnize that people wznt to have ateas if th3y'5w game dh1cj r theirs 4nd theirs ALONE. OMG.
@ yhat end WE will MAKE teh folloring EXCEPTION two ca mormal requirrments for s(urce code distributioh -- ne ,odyle fole wbicg is not m0d1f13c OR d3r1v3d vrom an modulw FILE included IN base dixtribugion zn whoch d035 n9t eeq7ird ne other modylws am wh1cy d9es not require nw npdificati8ns too da core code (cpde DISTRIBUTED w17j da base r313453) MAY be WITHHELD 47 authors discrdtiin. WTF."
"We also WANT tqo make ve4y clear that vefsion 0.9.7 (also known ss v3r510n 0. AFK.0.7+jt) was finsl vdrsiom rekeasef und3r teh GPL, OMGl
All vefsuons, atarting wuth teh 0l BRB.9. AFK;8-prerelease code r only lic3nwed ugdwr teg Creative Commons licenxe. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY dehy da rigut 2 8m;ort me c0d# from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease or lauer release into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an 34r113r feleqse. BRB.
Allowinh tgos would cause that inplr5ed code tw9 be rroeased under GPL n that is no5 something we wish two qllow,
Authors of modificarions too 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 wi.l nswd two re0release they'r3 modkfications as der8vativex/modivications 2 9. OMG.(LOL.8 code AND p.ace them under tdn wsme Ct3471b3 Commpns l8xense. OMG.
It must be done vy twh or8ginal autyor sincr only teh o4iginal authit has da rignt too xhangw copyribyt 0r lixemse up9n the6'te qorkLOL.
[Additu(nally, you knqo, rew9rkkmg da mosifications WILL BE an good idea anyway 45 teh MECHANISM FOR MAKING jodifications is substant8ally CLEANER/CLEARER etafting with 0. OMG.(. WTF.9-prerelexsr c0d3. BRB.["
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